Release Date: 10 November, 1998
Audio CD
Tracks
- Speak Like a Child
- Party Chambers [*]
- Money-Go-Round, Pt. 1 & 2 [Bevans, Bert Alernate Remix][#]
- Headstart for Happiness
- Mick's Up
- Long Hot Summer
- Paris Match
- L?©depart [*]
- Solid Bond in Your Heart
- It Just Came to Pieces in My Hands
- My Ever Changing Moods [12" Version]
- Mick's Company
- Spring, Summer, Autumn
- Mick's Blessings
- Whole Point of No Return
- Me Ship Came In!
- Blue Caf?©
- Paris Match
- My Ever Changing Moods
- Dropping Bombs on the White House
- Gospel [#]
- Strength of Your Nature
- You're the Best Thing
- Here's One That Got Away
- Headstart for Happiness
- Council Meetin'
- Big Boss Groove
- Shout to the Top!
- Ghosts of Dachau
- Piccadilly Trail
- Soul Deep [Bevans, Bert Remix][*]
- Walls Come Tumbling Down!
- Whole Point II
- Bloodsports
- Spin' Drifting
- Homebreakers
- All Gone Away
- Come to Milton Keynes
- Internationalists
- Stone's Throw Away
- Stand Up Comic's Instructions
- Boy Who Cried Wolf
- Man of Great Promise
- Down in the Seine
- Lodgers
- Luck
- With Everything to Lose
- Our Favorite Shop
- (When You) Call Me
- Have You Ever Had It Blue? [Uncut Version]
- Mr. Cool's Dream [*]
- It Didn't Matter
- All Year Round [*]
- Right to Go
- Heavens Above
- Fairy Tales
- Angel
- Walking the Night
- Waiting
- Cost of Loving
- Woman's Song
- Francoise [*]
- Wanted
- Cost of Loving [12" Version]
- Life at a Top Peoples Health Farm [Um & Argh Mix]
- Sweet Loving Ways
- It's a Very Deep Sea
- Story of Someone's Shoe
- Changing of the Guard
- Little Boy in a Castle/A Dove Flew Down from the Elephant
- Gardener of Eden (A Three Piece Suite)
- Why I Went Missing
- How She Threw It All Away
- Iwasadoledadstoyboy
- Confessions 1, 2, & 3
- Confessions of a Pop-Group
- In Love for the First Time
- I Do Like to Be B-Side the A-Side/The Mixed Companions
- Promised Land [Longer Version]
- Can You Still Love Me?
- Long Hot Summer '89
- Everybody's on the Run/Modernism: A New Decade
- New Decade
- Can You Still Love Me?
- World Must Come Together
- Hope (Feelings Gonna Getcha)
- That Spiritual Feeling
- Everybody's on the Run
- Love of the World
- Sure Is Sure
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Rating 5.0
It's In The Mail!I haven't yet even received my copy of this anthology, and I'm already beside myself! As someone who lived through their musical journey, and first began hearing this group while the world was still fresh and new to me, I already know that this collection will be nothing less than stellar! Paul Weller was truly at his peak when he wove the artistic tapestry that was The Style Council. It's funny how some artists alone are pretty good, but when you mix just the right combination of talent... BOOM!!!! You make history, and inspire the world.Aspired to 1000x more than most artists' dream of...How many artists' would trash a hard fought following like the Jam eventually achieved...and as a white english guy seek to sound as soulful as The O'Jays and Ramsey Lewis Trio?IMHO, that's a pretty 'darn' TALL order. Pulling it off...even 50% of the time is a massive artistic achievement in my book. Had Mr Weller ever known I'm sure he would count among TSC's biggest successes as having the Black (nearly all) "Dusties" (oldies) format radio station (in Los Angeles) add "Long Hot Summer" to their rotation back when it was released...which it was! I heard it. Giants of the '80's: TSCSaw one of those Time-Life ads for an '80's collection. Some good stuff; a lot of trivial songs intermixed with a few catchy ones. No TSC. Bummer. These folks bestrode the '80's like giants amongst pygmies. Who else but the Beatles managed to conquer so many pop idioms, yet do them all extremely well at the same time?
Most of this has to do with the pairing of Weller and Talbot. Much as Lennon/McCartney, each partner gave a missing element to the writing, to produce a product so much stronger as a result. The true strength in this pairing comes from the tremendous drive always inherent in Paul's writing and playing (The Jam) coupled with the lucious charts and strength of Mick's playing. The result was hard-driving acid_jazz/rock/lounge/house/big_band/every_pop_idiom_under_the_sun, but so much more. After TSC, Paul's work, while always good, lacked the finesse of TSC; Mick's subsequent work lacks the drive of TSC.
Memories of the pop culture of the '80's gain great depth when listening to their music. They reinvented lounge music; virtually invented house music (the last unreleased lp) and acid jazz. I hope this magnificent collection, which is the only true single showcase of all of this variety, will boost their reputation in the States and all over the world. |
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